John Allen
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM(3OLC), American Campaign, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x battle star).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 401st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, from November 1943 to June 1945. Starting their missions at that time meant the focus was very much on the coming invasion attempt of France planned for the following...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/10/43; Gr Island 21/11/43; La Guardia 29/11/43; New York 1/12/43; Presque Is 2/12/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-X] Deenethorpe 6/1/44; RAF Stornaway 5/4/44, ret grp 6/4/44; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 9/6/45; Syracuse 10/6...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 3/11/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-P] Deenethorpe 3/12/43; Missing in Action Leipzig 7/7/44 with Jim Neill, Co-pilot: Elbert Hammond, Navigator: Alby Roddy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Moore, Radio...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Alexandra 12/2/44; Presque Is 4/3/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-N] Deenethorpe 23/3/44; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Vince Kaminski, Bombardier: Dee Black, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Agee, Radio Operator...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 3/1/44; Langley 26/1/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 27/4/44; transferred 351BG [ -Y] Polebrook 14/6/44; 614BS/401BG [IW-Y] Deenethorpe 20/8/44; 613BS [IN-Y].
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Military site : airfield
Deenethorpe was a base purpose-built for American heavy bombers, with the Class A regulation 2,000 and 1,400-yard runways. All the buildings on site,such as the accommodation and administrative blocks, were temporary. In December 1943, several local...
Military site : airfield
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Born | Davison, MI 48423, USA | 20 March 1920 |
Son of Clayton B and Alta Parr. |
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Lived in | Davison, MI 48423, USA | 1941 |
Enlisted | Detroit, MI | 27 December 1941 |
Detroit, Michigan |
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Pilot training | Lea County Regional Airport, 6601 W Carlsbad Hwy, Hobbs, NM 88240, USA | 1942 |
Basic flight training - Hobbs, New Mexico. |
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Pilot training | Pyote, TX, USA | 1942 |
Primary flight training - Pyote, TX. |
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Pilot training | Marfa, TX 79843, USA | 1943 – 30 August 1943 |
Advanced flight training - Marfa, TX. Awarded wings, commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Based | Deenethorpe | March 1944 – September 1944 |
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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End Tour Duty (ETD) | England, UK | September 1944 |
Ended Tour Duty (ETD). |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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24 November 2021 21:20:50 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards and events |
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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143787580 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 March 2018 18:41:37 | TennyBelle | Changes to place associations |
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added connection to Pyote AAF |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
05 March 2018 11:31:04 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
05 March 2018 10:48:01 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nickname, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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27 September 2014 18:06:32 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=338 |